Sailing Courses for Women Only

LADIES SAIL, SIP & SPA AT SCRUB ISLAND RESORT, SPA & MARINA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDSWomen-Only Sailing Programs

Join us for a very special learn-to-sail week in the gorgeous British Virgin Islands.  Our Ladies Sail, Sip, Spa Week is a fun, all-new, inclusive women’s’ getaway where you learn to become a qualified skipper and crew on our Colgate 26 daysailers, and get to enjoy a myriad of water and beach activities, a spa session, and special dinners with other like-minded women. This Learn to Sail course package is at Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina in the beautiful British Virgin Islands. Just 8 spots are available per week. Get a girlfriend or group of friends or family members and set sail aboard Colgate 26 sailboats in this tropical island paradise arriving on August 11 to 17, 2024, or arrive on October 20 to 26, 2024.  To sign up, contact us now and check out this page for more details and see below for what Ladies Sail, Sip, Spa Week includes:

  • US Sailing Basic Keelboat textbook sent in advance
  • Doris Colgate’s book: Sailing – A Woman’s Guide, and signed copy of OFFSHORE High, a biography of Doris and Steve Colgate, and their many sailing adventures and accomplishments
  • Six nights accommodations in luxurious Caribbean Sea-facing king bed room, with tax and daily resort fee
  • Group Welcome and Graduation celebratory cocktail with your instructors
  • $400 resort credit placed on your room account to go toward a group dinner with wine and a spa treatment at world-class Ixora Spa
  • Instruction in classroom and aboard Colgate 26 sailboats with up to four students and female instructor per boat
    Women-Only Sailing Programs
  • US Sailing Basic Keelboat certification to skipper a 30′ sailboat
  • Diploma, Logbook and Certification Sticker
  • Special Ladies Sail, Sip & Spa tee shirt and commemorative hat
  • Eligibility to join our Colgate Sailing Adventures® flotilla cruises
  • Many Alumni Benefits
  • Complimentary first-year membership in US Sailing

LADIES — ENROLL IN “WOMEN’S WEEK” CRUISING COURSES TO BECOME A CONFIDENT BIG BOAT SAILOR!Women-Only Sailing Programs

We offer the same amenties above when you enroll in our Fast Track to Cruising® (OSS 101/103/104) sailing classes for women. Offered on select dates, you’ll start with two days learning to sail a lively Colgate 26 keelboat (OSS 101), then spend six days learning to cruise on a big monohull (OSS 103/104) or catamaran (OSS 103/104/114). You go from your “couch to the captain’s chair” in just one week, in Offshore Sailing School’s most popular and comprehensive experiential sailing vacation – the Fast Track to Cruising® course. Even if you have some experience on small boats, or have taken a basic sailing course at a community sailing school  or another commercial sailing school, this Fast Track sailing course is the best way to get your skills and knowledge up to speed. Come alone or bring your mom, sister or a friend for our ladies only sailing courses. Either way you’ll have a blast and enjoy the camaraderie that comes with women learning together. Watch a video recap of four girlfriends enjoying their Fast Track to Live Aboard Cruising course from Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina here. They were such competent and confident skippers by the end of the course, they immediately embarked on a bareboat charter from The Moorings, bringing family and friends along. What fantastic memories they made during our sailing lessons for women. Well done Captains!

EARN THREE CERTIFICATIONS IN ONE WEEK IN OSS 101/103/104Women-Only Sailing Programs

If you have keelboat sailing experience and can confidently steer and crew in all positions on a mid-sized sailboat of at least 26 feet, you may take the Live Aboard Cruising course (OSS 103/104) without the two-day Learn to Sail portion (OSS 101). However, that assumes you already have US Sailing Basic Keelboat Certification. If you do not have US Sailing Basic Keelboat Certification  you will need to take and pass the Online Learn to Sail Course produced by Offshore Sailing School and Boat US and submit your certificate of completion and a resume for review. If approved, you may then sign up for just the Live Aboard Cruising Course, and take the US Sailing Basic Keelboat test (additional fee of $75) which is a prerequisite before you can take the US Sailing Basic Cruising and Bareboat Cruising tests administered during the Live Aboard Cruising Course.
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Women-Only Sailing Programs

PACKAGE RATES INCLUDE ALMOST EVERYTHING BUT TRAVEL

  • The Learn to Sail and Live Aboard Cruising Courses
  • Three nights accommodations ashore, with room tax and daily resort fee
  • Shared or private cabin aboard the cruising boat during the 6-day cruising course
  • All breakfasts, lunches, snacks, three dinners aboard during the live aboard course
  • Doris Colgate’s book: Sailing – A Woman’s Guide
  • US Sailing books: Basic Keelboat, Basic Cruising, Bareboat CruisingWomen-Only Sailing Programs
  • Three US Sailing certifications, tests administered during course: Basic Keelboat, Basic Cruising and Bareboat Cruising and catamaran endorsement if learning on the cat
  • Diploma, Logbook and Certification Stickers for each course
  • Eligibility to join our Colgate Sailing Adventures® flotilla cruises
  • Many Alumni Benefits
  • Up to 15% discount on your first charter with The Moorings
  • Complimentary first-year membership in US Sailing

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Every photo on this page was sent to us by women who took an Offshore Sailing School Fast Track to Cruising course. Call to talk to one of our friendly sales associates and learn how our sailing lessons for women can open up a sea of opportunities!
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